PERMEABLE

I am myself.

I am also you.

I know this because

sometimes

I feel you in my face,

my smile, my voice,

laugh, walk.



You have left your

impression

on my skin, in my bone,

mind, soul.



Just as I am in you.

We touch...and rub off on each other,

the alchemy of permeability.

I am a complex of others.

I am myself.


Linda McGeary
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